ADHD and notetaking (calls and IC minutes)
Guys,
Just want to know if anyone here with ADHD can share you how you cope with the notetaking nature of the job. While I have worked for quite a long time, I have always struggled with taking notes.
My team expects me to send out notes asap after calls / discussions.
My notes are usually extremely messy (cannot organize my thoughts when someone is speaking) and I have to spend loads of time post-call to rearrange my stuff to different sections (profitability, sales, risk, etc.).
I also find that most of the conversations in the call are "known knowledge" or just BS fillers and I get off the hook easily once they start talking something that is not very valuable.
Usually I am able to give someone a quick download in 2-3 minutes verbally after 1 hour discussion but I feel that I just cannot give them a verbatim script/note post-call...
Can someone here share your experiences?
tl;dr: I am quite lame and just want to hear any tips/advice from you guys...
I feel the same way most of the time. I think it’s just hard to take good organized notes during long, meandering meetings and everybody spends a ton of time cleaning up afterward. A couple things that help though are using consistent shorthand and, weirdly, slowing down to listen a bit more intently. I often find when I’m scrambling to keep up, my notes are less coherent and I end up writing a lot of irrelevant nonsense while if I focus on listening first and only writing down the important stuff I get a better / more useful output. Caveat is you could have a hardo principal or MD who equates quantity with quality and your notes could be too succinct.
Note-taking is difficult for everyone. Especially when there is lots of jumping around, off-topic, and vague insistence on "squaring the circle" and other bs.
Someone on my team invented this:
Then write your notes as you go directly into those sections. Talk about debt? Notes go into debt. Industry? Notes go into industry.
If you find it tricky to switch, try this:
When you email your notes, keep your email structured. Create a template that you use and reuse all the time.
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I always write super minimal vague notes. Just key points and whatever the deliverables were. Also only notes for when the client speaks - not our side.
There's always some hardo on the deal team anyways that recorded court room reporter type notes anyways if someone complains enough (most people dont even read notes to be honest).
Yea. My D actually writes everything down just like call transcript. But he doesn't share it to me and asks me to circulate my version.
Received complaints a few times for my notes missing information compared to his
Sigh...
couple ideas 1) Sh*tty Notes - always SCAN immediately after, add to deal folder (or if your co-worker gives you Notes) - like if its 1-2 pages - quickly scan - and that way u never lose it. 2) Microsoft Word - Navigation Pane / or "live" Table of Contents - r u familiar, and know how to do that -easy to do quickly with CTRL-SHIFT-C + CTRL-SHIFT-V (paste fomats for those that dont know) Navigation pane is great - b/c u can just "click" right to that diff section
Word-->Navigation Pane below
Word-->Live Table of Contents - probably not neccessary here but check it out
I have ADD not ADHD, but I'll chime in. I often record on my smartphone, and also type up notes in real time. That is because I cannot trust my brain to concentrate later after the meeting. But I can definitely write up during the meeting.
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